Aa, Pieter Dates of birth and death: 1659 in Leiden - 1733
Also known as: P. v. d. A. ; Worked for: theologian and biblical scholar Jean Leclerc (= Johannes Clericus) (1657-1736) ; classical scholar Jakob Gronovius (1645-1716) ; classical scholar and critic Johann Georg Graevius (= Grava / Greffe) (1632-1703) ; physician and plant collector Paul Hermann (1646-1695): Paradisus Batavus (1698) ; map of Japan (1706/07) ; map "The Harbours of Hirado and Nagasaki" (Leiden 1714?) ;
Aamodt, Axel Emil Dates of birth and death: 1839 in Copenhagen - 1890
Also known as: A. E. A. ; Axel E. Aamodt ;Worked for: Julius Jensenius Voigt (1850-1922) ; Christian Frederik Lütken (1827-1901) ;
Aarland, Johann Carl Wilhelm Dates of birth and death: 1822 ? in Kassel ? - 1906
Also known as: J. C. W. A. ; W. Aarland ;Worked for: Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829-1884) ; journal "Die Gartenlaube. Illustrirtes Familienblatt" (Leipzig / Berlin) ; Emil Adolf Roßmäßler / Rossmässler (1806-1876): Der Wald, den Freunden und Pflegern des Waldes geschildert (1871) ; Engler, [Heinrich Gustav] Adolf (1844-1930) & Karl Anton Prantl (1849-1893): Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien (Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 1st edition in four volumes betwee 1887-1915, to which some several supplements were added) ;
Abbay, H. Dates of birth and death: 1880 fl. -
Also known as: H. A. ; Rev. H. Abbay ;Worked for: Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society (volume XVII, 1880, plates 13 & 14) ;
Abbe, Elfriede Martha ° Dates of birth and death: 1919 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA - 2012
Also known as: E. M. A. ; Elfriede Abbe / Alfriede Martha Abbe ; Worked for: Elfriede Abbe: Plants of Virgil's Georgics (1965) & The Fern Herbal (1981) ; Walter C. Muenscher & M. A. Rice: Garden Spice Wild Pot-Herbs (1954/5) ; American Scholar (1956) ; R. T. Clausen: Sedums Trans-Mexican Belt (1959) ;
Abbot, John Dates of birth and death: 1751 in London - 1840 / 1841 ?
Also known as: J. A. ; Worked for: Jean Baptiste Alphonse Dechauffour de Boisduval ; John Eatton Le Conte ; John Latham ; entomologist John Francillon (1744-1816) ; James Edward Smith & J. A.: The Natural History of the Rare Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia (1797) ; Birds of Georgia ; Thomas Martyn: Psyche. Figures of non-descxript lepidopterous insects ... from different parts of the World (London 1797) ;
Abbott, Jacob Bates Dates of birth and death: 1895 / 1896 in Brookline, MA - 1950
Also known as: J. B. A. ; Worked for: Leon Augustus Hausman: Field Book of Eastern Birds (New York, 1946) & The illustrated Encyclopedia of American birds (New York,1944); Marguerite Henry; Birds at home, Quarterly Review of Biology (Sep. 1946),
Abbott, Berenice Alice ° Dates of birth and death: 1898 in Springfield, OH - 1991
Also known as: B. A. A. ; Bernice Abbott ;Worked for: B. A.: Documenting science (Göttingen: Steidl, 2012) ; Sputnik ; Science Photographs. The New York Public Library, New York NY, October 1999 – January 2000 ; Photography and Science: An Essential Unity, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May–December 2012 ; The attractive universe: gravity and the shape of space (Cleveland: World, 1969) ; Between 1958 and 1961 she made a series of photographs for Educational Services Inc. ; from 1958 to 1960, she produced a series of photographs for a high-school physics textbook, developed by the Physical Science Study Committee project based at MIT to improve secondary school physics teaching ;
Abeille de Fontaine, Jacques Saturnin Dates of birth and death: 1781 in Paris -
Also known as: J. S. A. d. F. ; Worked for: Monsieur Caze de La Bove: Smooth and Hillocky Green Copper Mine containing Ferruginous Parts ;
Abel, Othenio Lothar Franz Anton Louis Dates of birth and death: 1875 - 1946
Also known as: O. L. F. A. A. ; Worked for: Arthur Berger & Josef Schmid & Konrad Guenther: Tiere der Vorzeit in ihrem Lebensraum (Berlin 1939) ; illustrations in his own books, e.g., Die Tiere der Vorwelt (Leipzig 1914), Lebensbilder aus der Tierwelt der Vorzeit (Jena 1922) ; Geschichte & Methode der Rekonstruktion vorzeitlicher Wirbeltiere (1925) ;
Abel, Gottlieb Friedrich Dates of birth and death: 1750 / 1763 ? in Stuttgart - 1822
Also known as: G. F. A. ; Worked for: Friedrich August Ludwig von Burgsdorf(f) (1747-1802) ; Karlsschule, Stuttgart ;
Abel, Friedrich August Dates of birth and death: 1780 fl. - 1800 fl.
Also known as: F. A. A. ; Worked for: Friedrich August Ludwig von Burgsdorf (1747-1802) ;
Abich, Otto Wilhelm Hermann Dates of birth and death: 1806 in Berlin - 1886
Also known as: O. W. H. v. A. ; Guillaume-Hermann / Hermann Vilhelm / Willhelm von Abich ;Worked for: Eduard Suess (1830-1914): Die Antlitz der Erde (1883-85) ;
Abildgaard, Søren Pedersen Dates of birth and death: 1718 in Flekkefjord, Norway - 1791
Also known as: S. P. A. ; Sören Abildgaard ; Worked for: Jacob Langebeks (1710-1775) ; Otto Friderich Müller: Zoologiae Danicae (1776f.) ; S. A.: Stevens Klint und natürlichen Merkwürdigkeiten mineralogischen hymischen (1764) ;
Abney, William de Wiveleslie Dates of birth and death: 1843 in Derby - 1920
Also known as: W. d. W. A. ; W. A. d. W. ; Worked for: W. A.de W.: Instruction in Photography (London 1900) ; A New Developer, Photographic News (1880, 24: 345) ;
Abondano, José Antonio Dates of birth and death: 1799 fl. -
Also known as: J. A. A. ; Worked for: José Celestino Mutis (1732-1808): Flora de Bogotá 1952f ;
Abumov, Grigory Matveyevich Dates of birth and death: 1717 in Moscow - 1745
Also known as: G. M. A. ; Abakumov ;Worked for: Kunstkamera, Saint Petersburg
Acero, Lino José de Dates of birth and death: 1788 in Santafé de Bogotá - 1817 fl.
Also known as: L. J. d. A. ; Worked for: José Celestino Mutis (1732-1808): Flora de Bogotá (1952f. : 77 plates) ;
Acharius, Erik Dates of birth and death: 1757 in Gävle - 1819
Also known as: E A. ; botanical shortname: Ach ;Worked for: Archiv für die Botanik (1769-1805) ; Lichenographiae Suecia prodromus (1798), Methodus lichenum (1803), Lichenographia universalis (1810), Monog. Pyrenula (1812) ; J. P. Westring: Svenska lafvarnes färghist (1805-8) ; C. F. Thunberg: Flora Capensis (1807-20) ;
Achert, Fred Dates of birth and death: 1847 - 1928
Also known as: F. A. ; Henderson-Achert-Krebs Lithography, Cincinnati ;Worked for: Leo Lesquereux: Geology of Minnesota: Paleontology (1893) ; "Henderson & Achert resp. "Henderson-Achert-Krebs Lithography", Cincinnati ;
Achiardi, Antonio Dates of birth and death: 1839 in Pisa - 1902
Also known as: A. d.' A. ; D'Achiardi ; Worked for: A. Achiardi: Coralli eocenici del Friuli (1875) ; Mineralogia della Toscana (1875) ; Guida al Corso di litologia (1888) ;
Achilles, Charles Dates of birth and death: 1830 fl. - 1864 / 1888 fl.
Also known as: C. A. ; Chs. Achilles ; Worked for: George Busk (1807-1886) ; Francis Day (1829-1889) ; David Landsborough (1779-1854) ; John Morris (1810-1886) ; Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings... of the Zoological Society of London (London 1830-1964) ; Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London (1854) ;
Ackerman, James Dates of birth and death: 1813 in New York, USA - 1862 fl.
Also known as: J. A. ; Worked for: John Torrey (1796-1873) ; zool. Baird ; entomol. Girard ; S.S. Haldemann; Floras Lexicon (1839) ;
Ackermann, Rudolph Dates of birth and death: 1764 in Stollberg, Saxony - 1834
Also known as: R. A. ; Worked for: Ackermann: Thirty Studies from Nature (1812) ;
Acqua, Giuseppe Dates of birth and death: 1765 before - 1793 after
Also known as: G. d. A. ; dall' Acqua ; Dallacqua ; Worked for: Antonio Alberti (= Antonio Barbalonga 1600-49) ; Giovanni Serafino Volta (1764-1842) ; Giovanni Battista Brocchi (1772-1826): Conchiologia fossile subappenina (1814) ;
Acquarone, Dates of birth and death: 1897 fl. -
Also known as: Worked for: Demetrius Alexander Pacha (1822-1914): Les lepreux ambulants de Constantinople (1897) ;
Acton, Frances ° Dates of birth and death: 1793 (?) / 1794 - 1881
Also known as: F. A. ; née Knight ; Frances Stackhouse Acton ; Worked for: Thomas Andrew Knight (1759-1838) ;
Adair, John Dates of birth and death: 1650 / 1655 c. - 1722
Also known as: J. A. ;Worked for: "Map of Stirlingshire" (c. 1680) ; "The Mappe of Straithern, Stormont, & Cars of Gourie with the rivers Tay and Ern" (c. 1683) ; "Description of the Sea Coasts and Islands of Scotland, with Large and Exact Maps for the use of Seamen" (Edinburg 1703) ;
Adam, Benno Rafael Dates of birth and death: 1812 - 1892
Also known as: B. R. A. ; Worked for: Abbildungen der Rindviehracen und Schlage der Schweiz nach der Natur gezeichnet ;
Adam, Julius Anton Dates of birth and death: 1852 - 1913
Also known as: J. A. A. ; Jul. Ant. Adam the younger / der Jüngere / "Katzen-Adam" ; Worked for:
Adam, Jakob Dates of birth and death: 1748 in Vienna - 1811
Also known as: J. A. ; Jacob Adam ; Worked for: Ignaz von Born; Xavier v. Wulfen (1728-1805): Minera plumbi Carinthia(ca 1781/6); N. J. von Jacquin: Icones plantarum rariorum (1781-95) & Miscellanea Austriaca (1878-81); J. F. von Jacquin: Beyträge zur Geschichte der Vögel (1784)
Adam, Jean Victor Vincent Dates of birth and death: 1801 in Paris - 1866
Also known as: J. V. A. ; Victor Adam / Victor-Jean Vincent Adam / V. Adam ; Worked for: Graf Emanuel (Mano) Andras(s)y (1821-1891); Carl Rechberg: Peuples de la Russie (1812-13); Cuvier: beschrijving der zoogdieren volgens Buffon (1843); Voyage pittoresque autour monde (1822);
Adam, Lambert Sigisbert Dates of birth and death: 1700 in Nancy - 1759
Also known as: L. S. A. ; Lamberto Sigisberto Adam l'aine / the Elder ; Worked for: prof. surgery Francois Michel Disdier (1708-81): Planches anatomiques (1773) ;
Adam, Dates of birth and death: 1819 fl. -
Also known as: Worked for: M. Hachette (1769-1834): Traité élémentaire des machines (Paris 1819) ; other profs at École Polytechn. ;
Adam, Dates of birth and death: 1813 fl. - 1823 fl.
Also known as: Worked for: Antonio Scarpa: Réflexions et Observations Anatomico-Chirurgicales sur l'Anévrisme (1813) ; Traité prat des hernies (1823) ; A. v. Humboldt in Annales de Chimie et de Physique 5 (1817): carte des lignes isothermes ;
Adam, Dates of birth and death: 1825 fl. -
Also known as: Worked for: François Magendie (1783-1855) & Antoine Desmoulins (1796-1828): Anatomie des Systemes nerveux des animaux à vertèbres (Paris 1825) ;
Adam, Jean Dates of birth and death: 1762 - 1833
Also known as: J. V. A. ; Jean Adam ;Worked for: René-Just Haûy: Traité de cristallographie (Paris 1822) ; Bélidor: Architecture hydraulique, ou l'art de conduire, d'éléver et de ménager les eaux; Description historique des projets et travaux hydrauliques ; Traité de la science du dessin, contenant la théorie générale des ombres, la perspective ; J. L. Boucharlat: Elèmens de calcul différentiel et de calcul intégral ; La science des ingénieurs dans la conduite des travaux de fortification et d'architecture civile; Les dix livres d'architecture de Vitruve : avec les notes de Perrault; Mémoires sur les écluses, les canaux, et sur l'écoulement des fluides; Itinéraire descriptif de l'Espagne, troisième édition, revue, corrigée et considérablement augmentée, par M. le Cte Al. de Laborde, précédée d'une notice sur la configuration de l'Espagne et son climat, par M. de Humboldt, d'un aperçu sur la géographie physique, par M. le colonel Bory de Saint-Vincent, et d'un abrégé historique de la monarchie espagnole et des invasions de la péninsule jusqu'à nos jours ; A. Miché: Nouvelle architecture pratique, ou Bullet rectifié et entièrement refondu ; M. Hachette: Programmes d'un cours de physique; ou Précis de leçons sur les principaux phénomènes de la nature, et sur quelques applications des mathematiques à la physique; Correspondance sur l'École royale polytechnique, à l'usage des élèves de cette école ; M. Navier: Rapport a monsieur Becquey, conseiller d'état, directeur général des ponts et chaussées et des mines et mémoire sur les ponts suspendus; Recherches géométriques sur les centres de courbure des épicycloïdes planes et sphériques; J. B. Lechevalier: Recueil des cartes, plans, vues et médailles, pour servir au Voyage de la Troade; L.-B. Francoeur: Uranographie ou traité élémentaire d'astronomie; à l'usage des personnes peu versées dans les mathématiques, accompagné de planisphères; Voyage en Espagne du Chevalier Saint-Gervais; Charles Dupin: Voyages dans la Grande Bretagne. pl. IIIme. partie, Force commerciale; Lanz & Bétancourt: Essai sur la composition des machines; M. Genieys: Essai sur les moyens de conduire, d'élever et de distribuer les eaux; A. M. Legendre: Exercices de calcul intégral sur divers ordres de transcendantes et sur les quadratures; Théorie du navire, par M. le marquis de Poterat; Carnot: L'attaque et la défense des places; Charles Dupin: Les forces navales de l'Angleterre; Cordier: Les chemins au fer; L'atlas du canal de jonction de la Meuse au Rhin ; Ouvrage sur l'Egypte ; Traité des maladies des yeu ; L. Poinsot: Élémens de statique ; Mathieu Orfila: Traité des Poisons (Paris 1814)
Adams, Arthur Dates of birth and death: 1820 Gosport, Hampshire - 1878
Also known as: A. A. ; Worked for: Lovell A Reeve: Elements Conchology 1814 & Zoology HMS Samarang 1850 & Mollusca 1848 & w. Adam White: Crustacea ; Adams: Manual nat. hist. geology meteorology ; Travels Japan Manchuria 1870 ; w.H.Adams: Genera Mollusca (1858) ;
Adams, Henry Dates of birth and death: 1813 / 1817 ? - 1877
Also known as: H. A. ; Worked for: published with Arthur Adams: The genera of recent Mollusca (1858) ;
Adams, H. Isabel ° Dates of birth and death: 1875 or earlier - 1910 or later
Also known as: H. I. A. ; Worked for: James Eustace Bagnall (1830-1918) ; Henri Coupin: Fleurs Sauvages de France (1910) ; H. I. A.: Wild flowers of the British Isles (1907-10) ;
Adams, Moulton Lee Dates of birth and death: 1922 in Jacksonville, Florida - 1971
Also known as: M. L. A. ; Lee Adams / M. Lee Adams ; Worked for: David Fairchild (1876-1954) & Mrs. Fairchild ; Fifty wildeflowers of Eastern North America (1950) ; Audubon nature encyclopedia (1965) ;
Adams, Jacqueline Nancy Mary ° Dates of birth and death: 1926 in Levin, Manawatu-Wanganui - 2007
Also known as: J. N. M. A. ; Nancy Adams / N. M. Adams ;Worked for: botanist and botanical artist and curator at the Dominion Museum (now Te Papa) in Wellington ;
Adams, Jill ° Dates of birth and death: 1932 in Durban - 2016
Also known as: J. A. ;Worked for: McLachlan, Geoffrey R[oy] (1923-2005) & Richard Liversidge (1926-2003): Roberts birds of South Africa (Cape Town: Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, probably for all editions ongoing from the 2nd edition 1957) ; art department of the Mc Gregor Museum, Kimberley ; Heritage Porcelain (series of six plates in a Collectors' edition named after Best loved birds of Southern Africa) ;
Adams, Ronald Dates of birth and death: 1934 - 2009
Also known as: R. A. ;Worked for: Morley, Brian D[erek] (*1943) & Hellmut R[ichard] Tölken (*1939): Flowering Plants of Australia (Adelaide, SA ; Sydney: Rigby Publishers, 1983) ;
